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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-01
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and doctors, would do well to have a
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During the twenty-five years l have
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-09-01
The Theatrical Profession.

Mel viii win and receive pEtlic recognize and
praise Facts. which arc the oUtccmc OF general ex-
perience, growing through years Of critical and
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the rock of Gibraltar IN rah..c opialon, and hence
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ineness The indisputaLe f~ot that swft's Specific
IL the best blood purifier IA thc world is of these
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unsolicited Two GistinEulsei members the theat-
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In theatrical circles In this country and In Europe
Charlotte Eandow's Testimony.
XIV YORK, May 8, 1881.
Swift Specific Company, atlanta Ga.
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CHARLOTTE RAINBOW,
lJ2 Bowery near Canal Street.
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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
The University Vacant Professor.
ship.

The following article clipped from the
Marshall Messenger, his home newspaper,
recommends Professor o. H. Cooper to
the vacant chair of ancient languages il
the University of Texas: In the vacancy
in the chair of Latin and Greek, the re-
gents of the State University have an OPP
portunity of honoring Texas and learning,
we have here in our own state young
scholar who ranks among the highest
The time has passed when it was necessary
to go abroad for teachers for Texas
schools. The schoolmaster has beer
abroad and has returned with the culture
of Yale and Berlin added to that of his ma
tive state. Whatever may have been the
necessities of the past, it would be an IN
wise policy at present to ignore home
talent, other things being equal, and give
unreasonable preference to foreigners, in
selecting instructors for our great State
University.
The Hon. Oscar H. Cooper, the present
superintendent of public instruction, is a
native born Texan, ripe scholar, one Of
the most cultured and refined gentlemen
in the south, and accomplished linguist
and well qualified in every particular tC
fill the chair of Latin and Greek in the
University, and reflect credit upon that
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
HOW SHALL THE PATTY ACTY

Senator Cokes voice is now heard for
peace. His actions during the heated
prohibition contest were decidedly pacific,
and he now again counsels Cancellation
and general good fellowship all round.
This certainly, in all things, is very much
to be desired, but in this instance, and
since the line of action mapped out in a
recent prohibition rally at Waco, spbse-
quent to the election, is it practicable or
possible? Since this action, is it true this
question is and will be merely "barren
abstraction" as Senator Coke saysH And
If the prohibitionists intend, as
surely they announced before the election,
and as their Waco meeting bears out, to
acknowledge no defeat, but to keep
pressing this thing upon the people; then,
will it be enough for the democratic
party to be silent on this question, and
merely endorse what the national demo-
cratic party may say in a general way !
There was, and ever has been, an anti
sumptuary plank in the national
democratic platform, and yet we have
Just held au excited election to determine
this matter for ourselves. And since
because of the Galveston platform, il
seems, there can be one kind of democracy
for the nation and another for 1
state, what will prevent recurrence o.
such contest as the one just finished
unless the party takes definite stand il
the matterS 1t is true the proposed con
stitutonal amendment was defeated b.
such an overwhelming majority it woulC
seem it coHld not again come to thu
front for at least decade, but if the pro
hibitionists continue their policy of un
rest, and stirring up the question, anC
forming clubs to advance their cause
will 1t be "hostile and irritating interior
ence" for the party to pass its decision
in the case? Doesn't this "hostil
and irritating interference" come iron
the other side, and hasn't tn
party the right, and isn't it its duty t
defend itself ? And if it does not, upo
the growth of prohibition ideas, becaus
of the Jealous work of their promoter
what assurance is there in event of ian
appearance of real danger" that ant
prohibition democrats will "put the part
in an attitude to crush itH" Had the bod
OF the dmocrats in the late canvass TO
lowed Senator Coke's example would ii
danger then have been crushedH
And any action the convention may tax
will not be reflection upon or impeact
ment of those, who honestly upo
the invitation of democratic legislator
and governor, voted on the propose
amendment; it will simply be the estaI
fishing of standard for the future,
standard fixed because of the continue
activity of those who will not abide by Il
decision of the elsction, and who in tin
would turn out to be insidious, il not dal
gerous enemies to the party. We woul
il possible, have the matter settled Sent
tor Coke's way, but if the prohibitions
persist in forcing the fight, then we see 1
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
PARDONlNG MoCLoUGHERY.

The attempt to get the Chicago boodler,
McCloughery, clear of the punishment
decreed by a jury of his fellow citizens,
by invoking executive clemency, is case
in point of the corruption to which the
pardon business has descended. The
petition of MoCloughery's friends is both
a promise and threat, directed to the
executive power of the state of Hi
nois.
The threat is implied, but plain, that
unless the governor puts premium on
the infamy of boodleism by pardoning
McCloughery he, or his party,
will lose the support of the Grand Army
of the Republic, of which McClOughery
is member. Conversely the in
flueuce of the Grand Army of the Re-
public is offered as the price for the gov
ernor's annulment of the verdict
and undoing the work of the
people acting through their courts
Who shall say that the abuse of the par.
doning power is not rapidly becoming 6
source of danger to society, by encourag-
ing crime, as we'll as an engine of politi
cal corruption?
1t is not certain the governor of Illinois
will pardon this wretched fellow, who is as
much thief-and worse one-than the
man who purloins the money out of your
pocket. If he does, grand protest
should go up from the law and order
classes of society not only in Illinois, bu
everywhere else.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
ONE RAILROAD CONNECTION LEFT AUS
TIN.

The citizens railroad committee,
through their secretary, Mr.. A. 2. Wool
bridge, have been all summer in constant
correspondence with different managers
of Texas railroads, and have done
ALI in their power to try and
persuade some of them to continue
on their lines into Austin, but 10 thls
time their efforts have been in vain. The
Gulf, Colorado g. Santa Fe will do moth
ing: the st. Louis, Arkansas d Texas for
some time held out promise, or at least
n strong intimation that they would build
to us, but this project has completely
fallen through. The Arkansas Pass people
have in vain been appealed to, and this
morning is printed the last letter in the
long correspondence Mr.. Woodbridge has
been conducting with Mr.. Collect and
other managers of the Austin d. North
western railroad, relative to their building
to McGregor. Mr.. Woodbridge, upon vir-
tual compulsion by these railroad men,
added bridging to the already liberal
offer this section had made
for the proposed extension, thus tender
ing a completed roadbed, except the tie
ing and ironing from Austin to McGreg-
or. The road had no right to expect such
liberal offer, and yet they meet it with
an apparent uncertainty in their line of
action that is anything but encouraging
And it is now learned that Bolton will not
support the proposition to "bridge" and,
in fact, can't do her part during the
present hard times. This railroad com
mittee, and especially Mr.. Woodbridge,
who really has done all the hard and per-
sistent work, have used every means at
their disposal and in every available
avenue have searched out rail-
road succor for Austin. They are
forced to come back to us after valiant
fight, acknowledging defeat. Yet there
is one more way open to Austin to gam
railroad connection, and it will be one OF
extreme value and importance to the city
and that is the road to Fredericksburg
People all through that section OF the
state are extremely anxious for road to
Austin, and are willing to contribute
literally to secure it. The Missouri Pa
cific railroad has said they would con-
tinue on their line from Oatmanville to
Fredericksburg, if Austin would contribute
$4,000 bonus. This proposition will be
put, it is expected, in few days in
definite shape, and Austin will then be
called upon to act in the matter. There
should be no question of her decision, as
this road would be very big thing, com
mercially, for the town; and it seems to
be the one and only plan for railroad ex-
tension Austin now has to fall back
upon.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
MISCELLANEOUS.

The skin of the catfish is now tanned
into leather in Germany. 1t is tough,
supple and appears well. q
An imitation chamois skin for domestic
use has made it's appearance. 1t is woven,
but appears like the true leather, and,
moreover, keeps its sOftness after wet
ting.
The captain of the steamship Kaipoura
recently tried the experiment of detecting
icebergs in foggy weather by the echoes
which they give4back. He reports echoes
of remarkable distinctness.
new heat indicator for domestic ovens
resembles a watch dial, and is marked
"bread," "meat," pastry" burning"
etc. 1t can be attached to any oven door
by drilling hole through it to insert the
spindle of the indicator.
Mr.. Julian Denison, an employe of the
electric light company at New Haven, is
said to have invented an automatic car
bon-feeder which will contain seventeen
carbons, doing away with the trimmer's
work to large extent.
One of the largest britannia firms in
| New England recommends the following
to clean silver: One-half pound of sal
soda added to eight quarts of water
when at boiling heat dip the pieces Of
silver, and Immediately wash in soapsuds
and wipe dry with piece of cotton fan
mel.
popular fallacy, according to Mr.. A
W. Hare, of the Royal society, of Edin
burgh, is the belief that water from G
rushing torrent is safer for drinking pur-
poses than water from a sluggish stream
for the reverse is really the fact. Sewage
contaminated water contains fewer Or
ganisms after ten or twelve days thar
river water, for the reason that the
microbes rapid growth during the first
two or three days exhausts their fooc
supply.
Mr.. Frank Spence has devised a hydro
meter for measuring the strength anG
specific gravity of solution which car
be used IN all countries alike. In this in
strument the scale is not arbitrary, as il
existing instruments, such as Baume's OF
Beels The international hydrometer ii
based on the simple principle of subtract
ing from the specific gravity scale thu
figure 100 for the constant-water-an
leaving the remaining figures to indicat,
the increasing or decreasing strength of |
ISOLATION. To get the specific gravity from
these figures, it is only necessary to add
In the same way for liquids lighter thar
water, the specific gravity is got by de
Quoting it from the progressive figures OIL
the scale.-Cassells Magazine.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
WANT THE INDIAN LANDS.

The gist of the whole Ute trouble Is
that Caucasian cupidity wants to get hold
of the Indians lands. For the last ten
years there has always been some excuse
on the part of the white settlers to irritate
the Indians and stir them up to commit
some act to call down upon them an exer-
else of federal or state power. 1t is the
old story, wronging the aboriginal red
man through the duplicity, hypocrisy and
dishonesty of the pale face-not unfre'
quently concealed under the cloak OF
Christian charity. After the whites get
all the poor Indian has, it is doubtful il
the pale face will even then be satisfied.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

IT IS quite evident that ex-Secretary
Manning is getting no better. He and
his family arrived in New York yesterday
from the sea shore. 1t is stated he has
never fully recovered the full use of his
paralyzed side. The injury to the brain
by the paralytic stroke, which began his
sickness, does not appear in the least to
have impaired his mental faculties, &C
cording to this mornings dispatch. Mr.
Manning's case should be warning to
people who overwork themselves and take
too little exercise, relaxation and amuse,
ment
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS.

The International Medical congress will
meet in Washington on the 9TH of Sep
TENDER, and will be in session one week.
Distinguished physicians from all parts OF
the world will be in attendance, and 1T Will
be the most important meeting of the
kind ever held in the United States. Narl'
Gus questions pertaining to medicai
science will be discussed, such as the
progress and advancement of medicine III
all its departments, diseases and their
treatment, epidemics and the best methodF
| for their prevention, etc, etc. Inc state
of Texas will be fully represented IN this
congress, both by delegates appointed by
the State Medical association, and also, 1t
is presumed, by the state health officer,
DR.. Rutherford, of Houston. The inform
alton to be gained by the health officer
from an attendance at such a meeting
would be especially valuable, and in the
administration of this Office could be utll-
lied to great advantage. He would have
an excellent opportunity, by personal
contact with eminent foreign physicians,
to investigate and examine into the quar-
antine and sanitary laws and regulations
of other countries, and the information
acquired by him in this way would not
only be of assistance to him in the dis
charge of his duties, but would no donbt
enable him to submit some new and valu-
able suggestions for the consideration OF
the next legislature. The subjects That
will come before this congress for dis
cussion and consideration have been d.
vided into seventeen sections, as follows:
General medicine, general surgery, mill
tary and naval surgery, obstetrics, gyn@-
cology, therapeutics and materia medlca,
anatomy, physiology, pathology, diseases
of children, ophthalmology, GEOLOGY and
laryngology, dermatology and syphilis,
public and international hygiene, COL
lection investigation, nomenclature, vital
statistics and climatology psychological
medicine and diseases of the nervous sys-
tenn dental and oral surgery. number OF
Texas physicians have been assigned to
positions on these sections. Dr. Cupples
of San Antonio, is vice-president of the
section on public and international hy-
giene, and DR.. R. M. Swearingen, of this
city, is also on that section. Drs. Daniels
and Mclaughlin, of Austin, occupy re-
spectively the positions of secretary to
section on dermatology and syphilis, and
member of the committee on organiza-
ton, and DR.. Paine, of Galveston, holds
an important place on one of the sections.
The fact that these places were given to
Texas shows the estimation in which her
medical men are held throughout the
country. There is no doubt but this con-
gress will be productive of great good to
the medical profession generally through
out the world.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
People Demand Protection---Pa
ent Medicines.

What are they? AS general thing they
are prescriptions having been used with
success by old and well-read physicians.
Thousands of invalids have been unex-
pectedly cured by their use, and they are
the wonder and dread of physicians and
medical colleges in the United States; SO
much so, that physicians graduating at
medical colleges are required to dis
countenance proprietary medicines, as
through them the country doctor loses his
most profitable practice. AS a manu-
facturer of proprietary medicines, DR.. G.
G. Greene, of Woodbury., N. j., advocates
most cordially-in order to prevent the
risk that the sick and afflicted are Liable to-,
almost daily, by the use of patent medi-
cines, put out by inexperienced persons
for ggrandizement only, and the employ
ing of inexperienced and incompetent
doctors, by which almost every village and
town is cursed; and men claiming to be
doctors who had better be undertakers,
experimenting with their patients and
robbing them of their money and health
for the good of the afflicted, that our
government protect its people, by making
laws to regulate the practice of medicine,
by better experienced and more thol-
oughly educated physicians, and thereby
keep up the honor and credit of the
professions; also, form laws for the record
ing of recipes of proprietary medicines,
under examination and decision of
experienced chemists and physicians,
appointed for that purpose by the gov
eminent, before they are licensed for gen
eral use. He would most freely place the
recipe of Boschee's German Syrup and
Green's August Flower under such laws,
had he the proper protection, and thereby
save the prejudice of the people, and
avoid the competition and imitation Of
Worthless medioiues.-Copied from the
Chicago Mail, August 8, 1887.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

grand institution, upon learning, upon the
state, and upon the board of regents elect
ing him to the position.
If, III the exercises of a sound discretion,
and actuated solely by a desire to build up
the University, and give the youth of
Texas the ablest instructors, and, at the
same time, hold out inducements to them
for laborious study and self-improvement,
the board should select Prof. Cooper for
the vacancy it would be proud day for
Texas, and one all Texans would appre-
ciate.
Peace has her heroes no less renowned
than war. Texas honors her war veterans
Let her do homage to her heroes of peace.
He who in early youth puts aside pleas
ure and ease, and voluntarily enters.upon
the Spartan regime of self-culture, anG
prepares himself for life of labor for
others, is as true knight as ever left
home and comfort for hardship and pri-
walton, in the service of the weak and
oppressed. The teacher is the knight of
the nineteenth ceutury-the Chevalier Bay
ard of to-day; Sans peur ct sans reproche.
Professor Cooper has made successful
superintendent. He is fast placing our
public schools upon sure foundation.
His valuable suggestions are seen in
much needed changes in our school laws,
made by recent legislation. But another
can be easily found to carry on the good
work begun by Professor Cooper. He is
needed in a higher station, demanding the
exercise of more of his talents and schol-
arly attachments. 1t is something like a
waste of fine material to keep him in his
present position. Place him in the Uni
versity and he will be in his natural ele-
ment, for he is, above all things, teach
er; Jealous, enthusiastic, and thoroughly
in love with that granGest and most gIori-
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01

CAPTAIN LUBBoCK's campaign against
the robbers, near Houston, was full OF
dash and bravery, but the captain should
have flanked them before charging them
in their camp. Had he cut them off from
the timber before making the attack, the
rascals would probably have been in Harris
county Jail. From their description, 1t
seems probable they belonged to one of
the train-robbing gangs. 1t is pity they
escaped. Captain Lubbock must study
tactics next time.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-09-01
THE LADIES TAKE THE LEAD.

The ladies of the German-American
Ladies' Aid society have done the noble
thing in donating to the state orphan
asylum the $1,000 they have so earnestly
striven to collect together and lay up for
charitable purposes. This society is doing
woman's highest and noblest work, minis
tring to the wants and sufferings of
stricken humanity, and while possibly the
care of the orphans of the state comes
near the line of duties upon which they
are bent, yet such care would seem
rather to be due by the
power of the state and should
be dependent upon the revenue
of the state. Yet, so anxious are these
ladies for Austin's good, so earnest In
desiring to see this orphan asylum To-
Gated here at the capital, that they are
willing to sacrifice their hard earned little
treasure, if only they can gain this home
for the friendless, orphan children
of the state for Austin. Such
whole-souled and generous action
should inspire the men of this city tc
activity, and Undue them with a resolve